the floor dropped
If you’d like to hear how the pacing of these words flows in my body, enjoy the audio included above. Mind the not so great substack audio quality that I’m trying to fix…
the floor dropped beneath my stomach
my brain was no longer shielding me from the depths of it
and my body started to feel it
to feel it all
.
Confusion, like I had been knocked down by a wave
and turned in seven different directions
under water, I couldn’t see
.
but I could feel it all, and taste it too
.
surrounded by saltiness
the soft sand like sturdy ground I couldn’t grip
my body started to feel it
to feel it all
.
I find my feet and start to stand
a
giraffe
rising
if I stay where I am another wave will come
another journey sideways
.
and if I were at the coast, I’d walk away from the sea
but here I am in my body
here I am in me
.
last edited 4/29